parvenu

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of PARVENU

one who has recently acquired wealth and social position <the kind of trophy house that a parvenu buys to prove to people, and to himself, that he has indeed arrived>

Synonyms arriviste, parvenu, upstart

Related Words arrivé, comer; adventurer, snob, social climber; fat cat, moneybags, nabob

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